2026 EBA Annual Meeting and Conference Speaker Bios
David A. Applebaum
Partner
Baker Botts LLP
David Applebaum's practice focuses on energy industry enforcement, compliance, internal investigations, audits, litigation, regulatory, and policy matters. He regularly advises on proposed energy market transactions to mitigate enforcement risk from FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), CFTC(Commodity Futures Trading Commission), NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation), state public utility commissions (PUCs), antitrust enforcers, and RTO (Regional Transmission Organization) market monitors. David has successfully represented clients on a broad range of enforcement investigations and surveillance inquiries alleging market manipulation.
David is the former head of FERC's Division of Investigations, where he managed all aspects of the Division, including decisions on opening, conducting,and resolving investigations, settlements, enforcement actions, trials, and electric reliability inquiries. He also led the Division in coordination efforts with the CFTC on market manipulation investigations. During his government service, David was a member of the Office of Enforcement senior management team and was a key advisor to Commissioners' Offices and senior staff on enforcement matters.
Before joining FERC, David was in private practice, focusing on antitrust, class action, and financial services litigation for corporate clients.
Patrick J. Arness
Federal Affairs Policy Advisor
Dominion Energy Services
Patrick Arness is a Federal Affairs Policy Advisor for Dominion Energy where he focuses on resource adequacy, siting and permitting, electric transmission, FERC policy generally, and energy markets. Previously, he worked in government affairs for the Edison Electric Institute for more than 6 years advocating on Capitol Hill on those same policy areas. For more than 10 years he served in the House of Representatives for a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he focused on energy and water issues.
Hon. Kelsey Bagot
Chair
Virginia State Corporation Commission
Kelsey A. Bagot is currently serving as the 39th Commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission ("Virginia SCC") after her election by the General Assembly in 2024. Judge Bagot is one of three Commissioners at the Virginia SCC, an independent state agency responsible for regulating public utilities, insurance, state-chartered financial institutions, securities, retail franchising, and railroads. The SCC is also Virginia’s central filing office for corporations, limited partnerships, and limited liability companies and operates Virginia’s Health Benefit Exchange.
Prior to being elected to the Commission, Judge Bagot was a Senior Attorney at NextEra Energy, Inc., where she worked on a variety of federal and state regulatory and compliance issues facing one of the nation’s largest electric utilities. Prior to this, she served as Legal Advisor to Commissioner Mark C. Christie at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") and as a trial attorney in FERC’s Office of Administrative Litigation, where she routinely addressed interstate energy topics. Early in her career, Judge Bagot also spent several years as an associate focusing on regulatory and administrative matters at Troutman Pepper LLP and Van Ness Feldman LLP in Washington, DC.
Judge Bagot earned her Bachelor’s Degree from American University and her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. She currently resides on a small farm in Warrenton, Virginia with her husband, two dogs, and a menagerie of other “pasture pets.”
William R. Barksdale
Partner
Jenner & Block LLP
William advises clients on a wide range of complex energy regulatory issues, helping them comply with existing rules and regulations, find solutions to difficult problems, and advocate for needed reforms.
He has a strong track record of representing market participants as they confront FERC investigations and enforcement actions involving alleged violations of statutes, rules, and regulations administered by FERC, including FERC’s anti-manipulation rule, duty of candor rule, RTO and ISO tariffs, and certificates of public convenience and necessity. William has also represented energy clients in criminal investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and in investigations by other agencies.
William has represented clients in complex litigation before FERC, state utility commissions, arbitral tribunals, and trial and appellate courts. His experience as a litigator gives him a unique insight into complex commercial disputes of all kinds.
Jennifer Berrier
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
Jennifer Berrier is the Executive Director at the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, where she manages the day-to-day operations of its offices and bureaus administering and enforcing the Pennsylvania Public Utility Code. The Commission oversees more than 8,400 entities providing utility services across Pennsylvania, including electricity, natural gas, water and wastewater, motor carrier transportation, railroad crossings, and telecommunications.
Prior to joining the Commission, Jennifer was appointed by former Governor Wolf to serve as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, where she oversaw programs and services that safeguard and promote the well-being of Pennsylvania’s workers and businesses. She was appointed to that position after a long career in the department serving as a deputy secretary, bureau director, and legal counsel for labor and employment matters.
Jennifer earned her Juris Doctor from Widener University and is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.
Edward Boling
Partner
Perkins Coie LLP
Ted advises clients on transportation, energy and transmission projects, resource development, and related infrastructure development, building on more than 30 years of high-level public service.
Ted Boling’s experience includes deep involvement in the environmental review and authorization of federal infrastructure projects; environmental mitigation and conservation programs; and leadership of the comprehensive revision of White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations. He served at as General Counsel and Associate Director for NEPA at CEQ, in the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), and a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Ted counsels companies, agencies, and nongovernmental organizations navigating regulatory and funding programs to advance renewable energy, transmission, transportation, water, critical minerals, and manufacturing projects.
General Counsel
Jonathan Brightbill is General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy. He is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business. Mr. Brightbill clerked for the Honorable D. Brooks Smith on the United
States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
As General Counsel, Mr. Brightbill is responsible for overseeing the legal operations of the Department of Energy, as well as counseling
the Secretary, Deputy Secretary and senior leadership on the execution of their duties in the development of federal energy policy. His oversight portfolio includes nuclear energy regulatory reforms, electricity and gas markets, energy efficiency, civilian nuclear programs, business transactions, international negotiations, loan and grant investments, and oversight of the Department’s national laboratory system.
Prior to joining DOE, Mr. Brightbill was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Winston & Strawn. During the first Trump administration, he served as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Environment & Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Mr. Brightbill was previously a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis. Mr. Brightbill has also taught as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
Carolyn Calwell
Chief Executive Officer
Ontario Energy Board
Carolyn Calwell leads the OEB’s ongoing transformation into an agile and future-focused regulator and ensures the OEB carries out its work thoughtfully and deliberately. She excels at building communication and consensus between public and private sectors. Having served in senior leadership roles in law and policy at Ontario’s Ministry of Energy, Ms. Calwell brings deep energy sector expertise to her role at the OEB. She is the OEB’s Executive Champion for Mental Health and ensures a purposeful approach to diversity, equity and inclusion. Ms. Calwell chairs the International Confederation of Energy Regulators’ Technology & Innovation working group, participates in the CAMPUT executive and is the President of the Canadian Chapter, Energy Bar Association.
Machalagh Carr
Founder & CEO
Quell Strategies
Machalagh Carr is a trusted and strategic counselor with decades of private sector and government experience. She has nimbly navigated the intersection of congressional investigations and oversight, law, geopolitics, and policy, most recently as the top staffer in Article I as Chief of Staff to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.
Prior to her role as Chief of Staff, she served as General Counsel for the Speaker and Office of the Republican Leader at the U.S. House of Representatives. Previously, she served as General Counsel & Parliamentarian for the Committee on Ways and Means, where she handled all legal and procedural issues for the Committee. Before that, she was the Oversight Staff Director at the Committee where she led the investigations and oversight of all issues within the Committee’s jurisdiction. Prior to joining Ways and Means, she served as the Director of Oversight and Investigations for the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and as Senior Oversight Counsel at the Committee on Natural Resources.
Previously, Machalagh served in the Office of Global Compliance of an international energy company where she conducted internal anti-corruption investigations, audits, and compliance reviews for the company. Before her in-house experience she practiced in the Litigation, White Collar, and Government Investigations Group at Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal LLP (now Dentons). Directly after law school, Machalagh clerked for the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
She taught Trial Practice at Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law and lives in Virginia with her husband and three sons.
Hon. Neil Chatterjee
Chief Governmental Affairs Officer
Palmetto Solar LLC
Neil Chatterjee is Chief Governmental Affairs Officer for Palmetto Solar. He was a former Commissioner and Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and has deep ties in Washington and across the industry, with extensive experience across the energy landscape both domestically and internationally. He is respected for his ability to strike compromise and work with a wide variety of stakeholders.
In his time on the Hill and at FERC, Neil built a reputation as a bipartisan operator who builds alliances and cuts through red tape with an eye on always promoting innovation. Neil’s significant knowledge and experience is derived from operating at the highest levels of government and as such, is able to provide clients valuable insights and counsel when navigating the highly regulated energy industry.
While at FERC, Neil championed several strategic initiatives, including streamlining and improving FERC’s liquified natural gas application review and approval process, bolstering power grid reliability and resilience, and boosting renewable resources’ ability to compete in regional power markets and for the reduction of carbon emissions.
Neil is a policy reformer who broke down market barriers for the entrance of new technologies, particularly for low-carbon technologies. He has been an advocate for harnessing technology to mitigate physical and cyber threats to critical energy infrastructure.
Prior to his time at the Commission, Neil served as an advisor to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) where he aided in the passage of major energy, highway, and agriculture legislation. Neil also has experience working as a principal in government relations for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. He began his career as a staff member on the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Vivian W. Chum
Shareholder
Wright & Talisman PC
Vivian has a proven track record of expertly navigating issues in energy policy and ratemaking, enforcement and compliance, antitrust and market power analyses, and infrastructure development. Her practice at Wright & Talisman is focused on handling complex issues pertaining to capacity markets, organized wholesale energy markets, and transmission planning and cost allocation for clients such as PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. In addition, she has successfully settled and litigated a variety of electric, oil, and gas ratemaking and enforcement matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Prior to joining Wright & Talisman, Vivian held a long tenure at FERC, where she served as Special Counsel to the Legal Director of FERC’s Office of Administrative Litigation, an Attorney-Advisor with the Office of Enforcement, and a Policy Advisor to a commissioner. Vivian is also the Vice-Chair of EBA’s Electricity Steering Committee.
Kyle W. Danish
Co-Chair, Partner
Van Ness Feldman LLP
Kyle Danish is a globally recognized legal and policy expert on energy projects; climate change policy, carbon markets and green finance; government relations; and environmental regulation. He has over two
decades of experience assisting clients in navigating complex issues at the intersection of business and government policy.
Kyle has been ranked as a leading practitioner by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, the International Who’s Who of Environmental Lawyers, Lawdragon, and Best Lawyers in America. Chambers Global has
rated Kyle among the top 10 climate change lawyers worldwide.
Kyle regularly publishes articles and white papers on legal and policy issues, including recent publications on oil and gas sector methane policies; reforming Nuclear Regulatory Commission policies for licensing advanced nuclear reactors, possible future policies for exports of Liquefied Natural Gas, and options for designing tax credits for carbon removal projects.
He is a Senior Associate (Non-Resident) in the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Energy and National Security Program. He is also on the Editorial Board of the Carbon & Climate Law Review. Kyle is a Member of the Board of the Montgomery County Green Bank, which partners with the private sector to finance clean energy, energy efficiency, and resilience projects. Kyle serves as a member of Van Ness Feldman’s Executive Committee.
Hon. Kim David
Chair
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Kim David was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in 2022 and currently serves as chairman. She previously served in the Oklahoma State Senate from 2010 to 2022, where she was the first woman since statehood to be named majority leader, the first woman to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the first Republican woman to serve as majority whip.
Chairman David is a native Oklahoman, a dedicated spouse, a military mother, and caring grandmother to three boys. She is a successful small business owner who manages multiple properties. She is a proud Cowboy and holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Geology from Oklahoma State University.
In addition to serving as Chairman of the Corporation Commission, she also serves as Oklahoma’s voting member on the Southwest Power Pool’s Regional State Committee. She is a member of the board at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, where she serves on the Committee on Electricity, the Committee on Gas, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Pipeline Safety, and was appointed to the National Petroleum Council. Additionally, she was appointed to the Financial Research Institute Advisory Board and is a member of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
Jessica L. Donlon
General Counsel, Majority Staff
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
Jessica Donlon is the General Counsel for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce where she advises on strategic and legal issues, leads the Committee’s oversight and investigative priorities, manages the Committee’s parliamentary procedures and compulsory process, and helps run the Committee’s legislative process. Jessica has extensive experience working for a variety of committees, including as Deputy Staff Director of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. During her Capitol Hill tenure, Jessica has conducted congressional investigations, led oversight efforts, and helped run hundreds of congressional hearings. In addition to her Hill experience, Jessica previously served as Deputy General Counsel for Oversight for the Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Notre Dame Law School.
Kellie Donnelly
Executive Vice President &
General Counsel
LotSixteen
Kellie Donnelly joined Lot Sixteen, a government relations and communications firm, as Executive Vice President and General Counsel in April 2020 after retiring from the federal government. With more than 30 years of experience in energy, environment, and natural resources-related policy, she helps clients strategically advocate for their interests and influence policymaking.
Kellie served on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for 17 years, most recently as Chief Counsel. During her time with the committee she provided counsel on all energy policy and federal land issues within its vast jurisdiction. She also helped negotiate, draft, and enact everything from major legislative packages and budget reconciliations measures, to targeted provisions and stand-alone bills.
Previously Kellie was an attorney in private practice with Sullivan & Worcester, as well as Verner Liipfert. Earlier in her career, she worked as a Counsel for the U.S. Interior Department and the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Kellie holds a J.D. from the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America and a B.A. from The College of the Holy Cross. She currently serves as Vice President of the Women’s Energy Resource Council. She received the Women with Hydro Vision award from HydroVision International and was both a Hoover Institution Fellow and Congressional Stennis Fellow. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.
Kimberly Duffley
Senior Directof of Energy Policy and Legal Counsel
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Kim Duffley serves as the Senior Director of Energy Policy and Legal Counsel for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). In this role, she engages with the member state public utility commissions (PUCs) in policy efforts relating to energy issues and engages with federal bodies to promote NARUC’s mission. She also is legal counsel in energy-related filings at federal agencies and in federal courts.
Duffley joined NARUC after more than 25 years working for the State of North Carolina. Before joining NARUC, she served as a Commissioner for the North Carolina Utilities Commission from 2019 to 2025. During her tenure, she served as Chair of the Electricity Committee of NARUC, Member of the Board of Directors of NARUC, Co-Chair of both the Joint Federal-State Task Force on Transmission and the Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative, Member of the EPRI Advisory Board, and Board Member of OPSI, among other roles. In addition to her role at NARUC, she is currently on the Advisory Board of the UNC-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Energy Center.
Frank Durnford
Executive Director, Market Policy
Powerex Corp.
Frank leads Powerex's Market Policy and Transmission Planning teams, which are responsible for Powerex’s market advocacy and regulatory initiatives, in addition to short- and long-term transmission system assessment across western North America. Frank joined Powerex in 2021 and brings over 19 years of legal, commercial and regulatory experience, including over a decade as in-house counsel with a major North American diversified energy company and a district energy and water utility.
Frank holds an LL. B. from Dalhousie University, in addition to a Post-Graduate Diploma from Säid Business School at the University of Oxford and an Undergraduate degree from Memorial University.
Chuck Farmer
Executive Vice-President of Power System Development
Independent Electricity System Operator (Ontario)
In his role, Mr. Farmer leads the planning of Ontario’s electricity system to ensure it is reliable, resilient and cost-efficient in the years ahead.
This includes assessing the future adequacy of Ontario’s electricity supply and the transmission system, identifying system needs, and securing the resources needed to meet system needs, including through the advancement of conservation efforts.
Prior to his current position, Mr. Farmer has held a variety of senior roles at the IESO and Ontario Power Authority in the areas of Power System Planning, Conservation, and Corporate Relations. His career began with Union Gas where he focused on the residential and commercial markets, and was Director for Market Knowledge and Demand Side Management.
Mr. Farmer is a graduate of the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario.
Hon. Andrew G. Fay
Of Counsel
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Andrew Giles Fay is Of Counsel in Greenberg Traurig's Tallahassee office. A former Chairman (2022-2024) and Commissioner (2018-2026) of the Florida Public Service Commission, Andrew brings deep experience in utility regulation, energy policy, and government decision making at the intersection of law, finance, and technology. He focuses on the regulatory implications that emerging technologies have on critical infrastructure, including the use of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity compliance.
Before the Commission, Andrew served in the Office of the Florida Attorney General as Special Counsel to Attorney General Pam Bondi. Andrew brings substantial legislative branch experience from his time in the Florida Attorney General's Office. He successfully advocated for the passage of more than a dozen significant legislative initiatives, most notably serving as the lead author and advocate of Florida's Information Protection Act.
Andrew has wide-ranging public finance and bond oversight experience from his service in Florida state government. He advised on the review and issuance of major state bond financings across transportation, education, and state facility projects, including transactions structured as refundings to reduce long-term debt costs.
Kristen Fleet
Director of Division of Audits and Accounting, Office of Enforcement and Regulatory Accounting
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Kristen Fleet is the Chief Accountant of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the Director of the Division of Audits and Accounting, within the Commission’s Office of Enforcement and Regulatory Accounting. Kristen has over 20 years of experience with energy market regulation. Kristen’s previous roles at the Commission include serving as an economist, and then as a manager, in the Office of Energy Market Regulation, and serving as the Deputy Director of the Division of Audits and Accounting. Kristen has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Penn State University, and a master’s degree in Accounting and Business Advisory Services from Towson University. Kristen is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of Maryland and is a recipient of the 2014 Elijah Watt Sells Award.
Hon. Patricia M. French
Former FERC Administrative Law Judge
Patricia M. French is an energy attorney, mediator and neutral, having just concluded a seven-year tenure (2018-2025) as an Administrative Law Judge, initially appointed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under FERC Chairman Kevin J. McIntyre. Prior to her FERC appointment, she had returned to New England and was a shareholder in the Energy and Environmental Practice Group of Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson LLC in Portland, Maine. Before that, she was Chief Compliance Officer and Division Counsel for Columbia Pipeline Group in Houston, Texas, after having served as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for Kern River Gas Transmission Co., a Berkshire Hathaway Energy subsidiary, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Earlier in her career, among other positions, she worked cross-jurisdictionally on regulatory matters for the NiSource Inc. utilities.
The former Judge French earned a juris doctor with honors from the Boston University School of Law. Her undergraduate degree is from Wells College (now Hobart and William Smith College). She is admitted to practice law in and before the courts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Utah, and the District of Columbia; the U.S. District Courts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Utah; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the DC Circuit.
Lucas Fykes
Senior Director, Energy Policy & Regulatory Counsel
Data Center Coalition
Lucas Fykes is Senior Director of Energy Policy and Regulatory Counsel for the Data Center Coalition (DCC), the membership association serving as the voice of the data center industry.
Lucas leads DCC’s state regulatory engagement on large-load tariffs, cost allocation, rate design, and related customer protection mechanisms. He works closely with DCC members to set strategy and develop filings in major utility proceedings nationwide, including contested cases and settlement tracks. Lucas directs DCC’s outside counsel and expert witnesses and works closely with members to develop consistent, practical positions and regulatory messaging on behalf of the industry. Lucas also supports DCC’s broader energy policy advocacy nationwide, including work with stakeholders on grid planning, market design, and policies to enable reliable, timely infrastructure investment. He regularly speaks at conferences and industry engagements on behalf of DCC on the data center industry, large-load growth, tariff design, and grid modernization.
Before joining DCC, Lucas represented community choice aggregation providers, clean energy companies, utilities, and retail electric suppliers in administrative litigation, rulemakings, and other regulatory matters. His practice included counseling clients on energy and utility law issues, distributed energy resource policy, and electric and natural gas procurement for commercial, governmental, and residential customers. Lucas has appeared before the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, Illinois Commerce Commission, Georgia Public Service Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, and California Public Utilities Commission.
Lucas previously served as Chair of the Columbus Bar Association Energy Law Committee, the Ohio Liaison for the Energy Bar Association’s Midwest Chapter, and a member of the Energy Bar Association’s Taskforce on Law Students, Young Professionals, and Diversity.
Stephanie Rose Grumet
VC Investor, DSM
Mineral Harvesting Capital
Stephanie Rose Grumet is a VC investor in polymetallic nodule harvesting, commonly known as the deep-sea mining (DSM) space. She has served as a strategic advisor with Mineral Harvesting Capital, an SPV raising funds for privately held DSM companies with leases in the Cook Islands. She supported the capital raise and advised on strategies to manage environmental impacts, sustainability and public perception of the risks and benefits of DSM. She recently served as Senior Policy Advisor in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, leading the development of regulatory policies spanning power sector emissions and PFAS in collaboration with key stakeholders. Previously, Stephanie served as the Director of Climate Strategies and Sustainability at Capstone LLC, a DC-based financial services firm, where she led regulatory due diligence for private equity investors in the energy sector and developed thematic and bespoke research for equity and distressed debt clients. A collaborative leader with more than 30 years of experience shaping and evaluating energy and environmental policy, she advises investors at the nexus of environmental regulation and financial markets. Stephanie earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, and a master’s degree in environmental science from University of Virginia.
Arya Hariharan
Chief Counsel for Oversight
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Office of Ranking Member Dick Durbin
Arya Hariharan is currently the Chief Oversight Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee under Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-IL). Previously, she worked as the Chief Oversight Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee under Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). She led the House Judiciary Committee’s team for both impeachments and trials of then-President Donald J. Trump, as well as its investigations into obstruction of justice, the FBI’s actions surrounding the 2016 election, foreign election interference, family separation, competition in digital markets, and FISA abuse. Her legislative expertise focuses on various surveillance authorities, drones, hate crimes, data privacy, cybersecurity, and other national security issues. She started her career on the Hill as the Legislative Director & Senior Counsel for Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA). Prior to that, Arya worked as a lobbyist for Earthjustice and the American Association for Justice. She earned her undergraduate degree from American University and law degree from the William & Mary School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Virginia.
Seema K. Jain
Branch Chief in the Office of Enforcement & Regulatory Accounting, Division of Investigations
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Seema Kakad Jain joined the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 2014 as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of Enforcement & Regulatory Accounting, Division of Investigations (DOI), and currently serves as a Branch Chief in DOI. Seema oversees and conducts investigations into potential violations of the statutes, rules, and regulations administered by the Commission. She has extensive experience overseeing and conducting investigations, as well as administrative hearings, concerning market manipulation and tariff violations. She also serves as the Commission’s advisory staff on Order to Show Cause Proceedings concerning market manipulation and Commission-related statutes, rules, and regulations. Before joining FERC, Seema practiced law at Sidley Austin LLP where she represented clients in energy regulatory matters and complex commercial litigation. She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law and Duke University.
Michael E. Kellermann
Detailee, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Ranking Member Martin Heinrich
United States Senate
Michael Kellermann is currently detailed from FERC to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. His legislative portfolio includes transmission, the grid, reliability, electricity markets, and power marketing administrations.
Michael comes to the Committee from FERC’s Office of the General Counsel, where he helped lead efforts on long-term regional transmission planning and cost allocation in Order Nos. 1920 and 1920-A. He also analyzed and helped prepare orders on filings impacting the Southwest Power Pool and the Western United States.
Before serving in the Office of the General Counsel, Michael was an energy associate at the law firms of Alston & Bird LLP and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Prior to entering private practice, he clerked in FERC’s Office of Administrative Law Judges for Chief Judge Carmen Cintron, Judge H. Peter Young, and Judge Steven Glazer. A native of Baltimore, MD, Michael received his J.D. from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, and his B.A. from the University of Maryland College Park.
Mark Kempic
President and Chief Operating Officer
Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Maryland
Mark Kempic serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania and Maryland, both NiSource subsidiaries. He is responsible for profit and loss and designing and executing both companies’ legislative, regulatory, commercial, and external strategies. Kempic also oversees a program that has invested more than $4.1 billion since 2007 to modernize and expand NiSource’s natural gas distribution systems across Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Kempic previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, responsible for the company’s day-to-day operation. He was the lead executive in all aspects of the restoration efforts in the Merrimack Valley and helped guide leadership and employees through the sale of the company.
Kempic began his career with Columbia Gas in 1979 and served in roles of increasing responsibility. He served as NiSource’s Chief Transformation Officer and a member of the Executive Council, where he built on NiSource's efforts to integrate processes and technology across the company's entire footprint.
In 2006, Kempic was named assistant general counsel for NiSource Corporate Services, where he managed staff providing legal support in multiple jurisdictions and advised the subsidiary presidents and their teams on various regulatory and legal matters. Earlier in his career, he represented large industrial electricity and gas consumers as an associate attorney for a Columbus, Ohio, law firm and was a regulatory counsel for a Cleveland electric company.
Kempic is a member of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and the Energy Association of Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the boards of the American Red Cross of Southwestern Pennsylvania and the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh. Kempic previously served on the board of the United Way of Washington County.
Kempic earned a bachelor’s degree in computer and information science from the University of Pittsburgh and an associate engineering degree in solar heating and cooling from Pennsylvania State University. He has a juris doctor degree from Capital University School of Law.
Kempic is a native of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in Pittsburgh.
Soo Jin Kim
Vice President of Registration and Standards
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Soo Jin Kim is the vice president of Registration and Standards. In this role, she is responsible for providing engineering analysis and support for NERC activities and directing all aspects of NERC’s continent-wide standards development process by providing oversight, guidance, coordination, and industry education around the development of Reliability Standards.
Throughout her time at NERC, Ms. Kim has worked on numerous initiatives involving Standards, Compliance, and coordination across the ERO Enterprise. She joined NERC in 2012 as a standards developer and has since served as reliability manager and senior manager of Standards. From 2020 to 2023, she served as director of Power Risk Issues and Strategic Management (PRISM) where she transformed the group into a cross-cutting department that serves as technical advisors to other NERC functions. Under her leadership, PRISM initiated several projects to tackle energy assurance risks, particularly those addressing extreme weather challenges. Most notably, her team was instrumental in the formation of the Energy Reliability Assessment Task Force and the efforts to provide the technical support for registering new inverter-based resources. She also works with the Reliability Issues Steering Committee, and she was an integral leader in planning and executing the 2023 NERC Leadership Summit.
Prior to joining NERC, Ms. Kim was an associate at Troutman Sanders LLP in Washington, D.C. in their Energy Practice. At Troutman Sanders, she worked on a variety of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission compliance matters. Prior to attending law school, she was a consultant/business analyst with various consulting firms focused on energy and commodity trading.
Ms. Kim has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and English from the University of Georgia and her juris doctor degree from American University, Washington College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Georgia and Washington, D.C. She also served
Elizabeth Klein
Director of Domestic Policy Programs
PennWashington
Elizabeth Klein is an experienced leader in clean energy, climate change, and environmental law and policy. Klein most recently served as the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management at the U.S. Department of the Interior, responsible for the management of America’s offshore energy and mineral resources. Prior to assuming that role, she served as Senior Counselor to Secretary Haaland with an emphasis on water policy and climate change resilience and was Chair of the Indian Water Rights Working Group, which manages, negotiates, and implements settlements of water rights claims.
President Biden was the third president under which Klein has served, having worked for both the Clinton and Obama administrations, advancing high-priority initiatives such as the Interior’s renewable energy program and climate change adaptation efforts. Prior to joining the Biden administration, Klein was the founding Deputy Director of the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at NYU School of Law, which supports state attorneys general in defending and promoting clean energy, climate, and environmental laws and policies.
Earlier in her career, Klein was an attorney in private practice specializing in energy and environmental law issues and served as Director of Communications and Government Relations for the National Park Foundation prior to becoming an attorney.
Klein graduated with a degree in economics from the George Washington University and received her JD from American University’s Washington College of Law.
Brett Kruse
Vice President, Market Design
Calpine
Brett Kruse has extensive experience in the energy sector, currently serving as Vice President of Market Design at Calpine since April 2001, where responsibilities include representing the company in various ISO stakeholder activities. Previously, Brett held the position of Vice President of Governmental and Regulatory Affairs, focusing on NERC policy and participation in multiple committees. Other roles at Calpine include overseeing Generator Interconnection Agreements as Director of Transmission and managing market integration services as Manager of Market Integration Services. In addition to ongoing leadership at Calpine, Brett currently serves on the Board of Directors for several organizations, including the Association of Power Producers of Ontario and the Independent Power Producers of New York, and is a member of the NERC Reliability and Security Technical Committee. Brett's earlier career includes technical consulting and positions within Progress Energy's nuclear generation group. Educational credentials include studies at Texas A&M University and the University at Albany.
Hon. Mike La Rosa
Commissioner
Florida Public Service Commission
Mike La Rosa was appointed to the Florida Public Service Commission by Governor Ron DeSantis for a four-year term beginning January 2, 2021, and reappointed for a second term beginning January 2, 2025. He was elected to serve as Commission Chairman from January 2024 to January 2026. He currently serves as the Chairman of NARUC’s Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment.
Elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2012, Commissioner La Rosa served as Chairman of the House Commerce Committee and served on the Appropriations and Rules Committees.
Commissioner La Rosa was active in multiple Legislative organizations and represented Florida on the Southern States Energy Board.
He is a founder of La Rosa Development and La Rosa Realty, and received a B.A. degree in Interpersonal Communications with a minor in Political Science from the University of Central Florida.
Daniel T. Lloyd
Senior Counsel
FirstEnergy Corp.
Daniel Lloyd is a Senior Counsel for First Energy, where he advises on complex legal, regulatory, and strategic matters impacting the organization. With a career grounded in practical problem solving and cross functional collaboration, Daniel supports leaders across the business in navigating risk, driving operational clarity, and enabling innovation. He has over ten years of enforcement experience, having previously worked as a Trial Attorney in the Office of Enforcement at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of Enforcement at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Prior to public service, Daniel was an associate at both Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy and Hughes, Hubbard, & Reed. He is a 2009 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and 2005 graduate of the American University.
Rebecca Loomis
Staff Attorney
Natural Resources Defense Council
Rebecca Loomis promotes ocean health by working to prevent offshore fossil fuel development and advance responsible offshore renewable energy. She was previously a legal fellow through a joint program between NRDC and Yale Law School. Loomis graduated from Wesleyan University before going on to receive her JD from Yale Law School and a master's in environmental management from the Yale School of the Environment. She is based in NRDC's New York office.
Rebecca J. Michael
Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy
Rebecca J. Michael is Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to that, she was on detail from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary Danley, and held various senior legal advisor positions within FERC. Previously, Michael was Counsel at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, held various roles over nine years at North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and worked as an associate at LaBoef, Lamb, Greene & McRae, Equitable Resources, and Balch & Bingham.
Michael holds a juris doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School and a bachelor’s degree from Samford University.
Aniruddh Mohan
Energy Associate
The Brattle Group
Aniruddh Mohan is an Energy Associate at the Brattle Group. He specializes in the evaluation of energy technologies at a systems level, with expertise in electricity markets and energy policy. His most recent work focuses on the interconnection and resource adequacy challenges posed by large loads such as data centers. He has filed expert testimony to FERC on the expedited interconnection of co-located large load facilities with generation resources and is also involved in a number of wholesale electricity market reform initiatives including bilateral capacity contracts, advanced generator retirement planning, and long term transmission planning. He has published research on energy systems in several leading peer-reviewed journals using interdisciplinary methods such as optimization models and techno-economic analysis. Dr. Mohan holds a PhD in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.
Kristina M. Moore
Partner
Womble Bond Dickinson
Kristina Moore is a veteran political operative, with a successful career at the center of law, politics, and the media. She advises leaders in highly regulated industries, with a focus on policy and legal challenges that have gained the attention of the national news media and policymakers in Washington, D.C. As such, she leverages nearly 24 years of experience both in Congress and K Street to advise companies navigating challenges associated with new Administrations, Congressional investigations, class action litigation, state attorney general investigations, and unique bet-the-company crises and challenges.
At Womble Bond Dickinson, Kristina leads the Congressional Strategies and Crisis Management practice. In her time on Capitol Hill, Kristina was a leading investigator for both House Oversight and well as Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Here she was well known for her hard hitting investigations into the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, Toyota’s Sticky Gas Pedal, Solyndra, as well as the impact of government bureaucracy on entrepreneurship and job creation.
Kristina has also served in the General Counsel’s office at the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the National Auto Dealers Association.
John Moura
Director, Reliability Assessment and System Analysis
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
John Moura joined NERC in 2008 and is NERC’s director of Reliability Assessment and Performance Analysis. He leads NERC’s efforts to assess and report on the reliability, adequacy, and associated risks to the North American bulk power system (BPS). Mr. Moura oversees the development of NERC’s annual long-term and seasonal reliability assessments —a primary statutory obligation identified in the 2005 Energy Policy Act— as well as evaluating system performance, resilience, event analysis and system forensics, critical infrastructure interdependencies, and emerging issues facing the North American BPS. He has extensive experience in cultivating relationships within the North American electric industry, government and leading experts on BPS reliability, informing and educating key policy makers at federal, state, and provincial levels. Mr. Moura also coordinates the efforts of NERC’s Reliability and Security Technical Committee and other stakeholder groups, bringing together the industry’s expertise on electric system operations, resource and transmission planning, and cyber and physical security.
Throughout his career, Mr. Moura has been dedicated to improving and safeguarding the grid and has been instrumental in advancing NERC’s mission as the Electric Reliability Organization by co-authoring numerous special reports and technical publications.
Mr. Moura graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor degree in 2008.
Hon. Nick Myers
Chairman
Arizona Corporation Commission
Nick Myers serves as the Chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC). He was elected to the Commission in 2022, bringing a background in software engineering, entrepreneurship, and regulatory advocacy following a significant dispute with a utility company. He is the first commissioner elected from Pinal County.
Upon being sworn into office, Myers’ first official act was to open a docket to modernize Arizona’s rate-making process—a move that set the tone for his term. This initiative ultimately led to the Commission’s adoption of a Formula Rate Plan Policy in 2024, which streamlines the rate setting process, reduces regulatory lag, and improves transparency for the Commission, stakeholders, and customers.
Myers has also led efforts to strengthen Arizona’s long-term energy resilience. In early 2025, he launched formal inquiries into expanding both natural gas infrastructure and nuclear energy generation in Arizona, aimed at ensuring a stable, diversified, and reliable energy mix to support the state’s growing population and economic development.
A strong advocate for customers, Myers has consistently proposed and supported amendments that reduce rate increases. He has also prioritized eliminating unnecessary subsidies that increase rates, such as electric vehicle infrastructure charges from utility programs.
Another key priority for Myers since being elected has been increasing regulatory stability at the ACC. Through consistent rulings, not “changing the rules in the middle of the game,” and prioritizing ratemaking (rather than tangential policies), Myers and his fellow commissioners have significantly improved Arizona’s regulatory environment since 2023.
At the regional level, Myers plays a leading role in shaping energy market design across the Western United States. In 2024, he was elected Chairman of the Markets+ State Committee, composed of regulators from 13 Western states. In this role, he has been central to ensuring state interests are embedded in the market development, governance, and operation of Markets+, a real-time and day-ahead regional energy market operated by Southwest Power Pool, expected to go live in 2027.
At the national level, Myers serves in various capacities. He was most recently appointed to the Federal-State Current Issues Collaborative with FERC and NARUC, representing the West. He also serves in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), as a member of the Committee on Gas and the Committee on Critical Infrastructure. He is the past Co-Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Nuclear Energy.
Through his work at the state, regional, and national levels, Chairman Myers has established himself as a forward-thinking regulator focused on regulatory stability, affordability, grid reliability, and energy system modernization.
David Luke (DL) Oates
Executive Director, Markets and Grid Research
Midcontinent Independent System Operator
David Luke Oates is a seasoned energy expert and researcher with a strong background in policy analysis, data analysis, and mathematical modeling. As Executive Director of Markets and Grid Research at Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), he has driven the development of innovative solutions to optimize energy systems. Oates holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering Physics from Carnegie Mellon University, where he also served as a Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant. With expertise in Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and Statistics, Oates has supported numerous high-profile projects, including 6,000 MW of renewable energy transactions, and has won accolades for his work.
Kimberly O'Guinn
Senior Director State Regulatory Policy
Southwest Power Pool
Kimberly L. O'Guinn is Senior Director of Regulatory Policy for Southwest Power Pool. Previously, she was a member of the Arkansas Public Service Commission from 2016 to 2023.
O’Guinn is an environmental engineer with more than 20 years of regulatory experience in the utility industry. After completing her engineering degree, O'Guinn worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a Space Grant Consortium/NASA EPSCoR fellow for three years. O'Guinn then began her career as an environmental engineer for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. She returned to Arkansas to work in the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). O'Guinn remained at the ADEQ for 16 years, working as an environmental engineer and later as the director of communications.
She’s held leadership roles with Entergy Regional State Committee, the Organization of MISO States, SPP’s RSC, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, the Electric Power Research Institute Advisory Council, Women’s Foundation of Arkansas, the American Association of Blacks in Energy and Arkansas Women in Power. She earned a Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering from the University of Oklahoma.
O'Guinn was a member of the Girl Scouts of America for 12 years and has volunteered with the Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits.
Johannes P. Pfeifenberger
Principal
The Brattle Group
Mr. Pfeifenberger is an economist with a background in electrical engineering and over 25 years of experience in the areas of electricity markets, regulation, and finance.
On behalf of his clients, Mr. Pfeifenberger has submitted expert testimony to the US Congress, courts, arbitration panels, and regulatory agencies in the US and Canada. He also provides support in mediation, arbitration, settlement, and stakeholder processes. He helps clients explore the benefits of improved power market designs and grid investments, the integration of renewable generation and storage resources, and the impact of regulatory and legislative actions in the context of evolving market conditions.
Mr. Pfeifenberger is a Visiting Scholar at MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), a former Senior Fellow at Boston University’s Institute of Sustainable Energy (BU-ISE), and an IEEE Senior Member. He frequently serves as an advisor to research initiatives by the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) and the US Department of Energy’s National Labs. Before joining Brattle, he was a Consultant for Cambridge Energy Research Associates and a Research Analyst at the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Technology in Vienna, Austria.
Hon. Tricia Pridemore
Commissioner
Georgia Public Service Commission
Tricia Pridemore was elected to the Georgia Public Service Commission in 2018.
Pridemore serves on many boards in the energy industry, and works on constructive solutions to our nation’s electric transmission, pipeline safety and diversified energy generation including natural gas, nuclear, solar and American coal: President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), 2024-2025; Past Chair, Board of the Financial Research Institute (FRI) at the University of Missouri; Member, National Petroleum Council; Member, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Advisory Board; Member, Gas Technology Institute (GTI) Public Interest Advisory Council; Member, New Mexico State University Center for Public Utilities Advisory Council; and Member, Critical Consumer Issues Forum (CCIF) Executive Committee.
Pridemore is recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians. She served on both the 2019 Transition Team of Gov. Brian Kemp and the 2011 Transition Team of Governor Nathan Deal. She co-chaired both of Governor Nathan Deal’s Inaugurals.
Pridemore is a member of the Rotary Club. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Kennesaw State University.
Prabir Purohit
Senior Vice President–Strategy and Segment Planning (Commercial)
Dominion Energy
Prabir Purohit is responsible for setting and executing the company’s strategic focus in utility- and utility adjacent growth opportunities through potential partnerships, direct investments, and other strategic transactions. His responsibilities also include financial planning for fuel management and contracted assets, as well as commercial strategy for the company.
Purohit joined Dominion Energy in 2016 as director–Mergers & Acquisitions. In 2019, he was promoted to vice president– Finance, where he was responsible for all activities relating to lenders, investment banks, and other related external advisers, across all capital-raising and balance sheet management issues at Dominion Energy, including risk management and insurance. He also led the company’s mergers and acquisitions activities and oversaw analysis on major capital and strategic decisions. In 2022, he was named vice president–Strategy and then became vice president–Strategy and Segment Planning (Commercial) in 2024. He assumed his current position in October 2025.
Prior to joining the company, he was a member of the energy and power investment banking group at Bank of America in New York for over eight years. Purohit also held several roles in business and system planning at Mirant Corp.
Prabir serves on the board of directors and is executive treasurer for Communities In Schools of Richmond, Va., an association dedicated to helping K-12 students succeed.
Purohit earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University, and his MBA from Emory University.
Dr. Margo E. Regier
Program Manager, Energy Advisory Studies
National Petroleum Council
Margo Regier is a Program Manager of Energy Advisory Studies at the National Petroleum Council, where she synthesizes energy data and coordinates major studies that provide evidence-based recommendations to the U.S. Secretary of Energy. She works closely with leaders from industry, academia, nonprofits, state governments, and tribal organizations to develop consensus on complex energy policy issues, including natural gas–electric market coordination, permitting innovation, resource assessment programs, and optimization of future energy systems. Previously, she served as a Program Officer at the National Academy of Sciences, translating scientific findings into actionable insights for policymakers and stakeholders. Dr. Regier holds a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the University of Alberta and has published research on mineral resources and Earth processes, including work in Nature.
Hon. Ann E. Rendahl
President
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Commissioner
Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission
Ann Rendahl was first appointed to serve as a commissioner of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission by Gov. Inslee in December 2014 for a six-year term that ended Jan. 1, 2021. Ann has been reappointed and confirmed to a second six-year term ending Jan. 1, 2027.
Ann serves as the President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, or NARUC, and serves as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. Ann is also a member of the Committees on Water and Critical Infrastructure and was a prior chair of the Committee on Electricity.
Ann serves as a member of the Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+ States Committee and has served on the Body of State Regulators for the California ISO's Energy Imbalance Market. Ann also serves as a member of the Electric Power Research Institute's Advisory Council, the Advisory Council of the Center for Public Utilities at New Mexico State University, and the Advisory Board of the University of Missouri’s Financial Research Institute.
Before being appointed as a commissioner, Ann served as the Director of Policy and Legislation for the UTC. Before leading the UTC’s Policy and Legislative Affairs Section, she served as the Director of the Administrative Law Division, as an administrative law judge for the UTC, and as an assistant attorney general representing the UTC.
Ann is a graduate of Wellesley College. She received a master’s degree in Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and her law degree from UC Law San Francisco.
Hon. John Reynolds
President
California Public Utilities Commission
On Feb. 18, 2026, Governor Gavin Newsom designated John Reynolds President of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), effective March 9, 2026. President Reynolds was appointed to the CPUC by Governor Newsom on Dec. 23, 2021, and reappointed on Dec. 22, 2022.
President Reynolds has experience in both the public and private sector as an attorney and policy advisor in the energy, telecommunications, transportation, and water industries.
President Reynolds earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University, and a juris doctor degree from the University of California, San Francisco College of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Justin Schwab
General Counsel
Council on Environmental Quality
Justin Schwab is General Counsel for the Council on Environmental Quality. He is also the founder of CGCN Law, a law practice in DC focusing on environmental, energy, and administrative law. He served as Deputy General Counsel at EPA from 2017 through 2019. Prior to that, he practiced administrative law at Baker Hostetler's DC Office. He clerked for the Second Circuit and the Utah Supreme Court, and has a law degree from Yale and a PhD in Classics from Berkeley.
Peter Shattuck
Director
Power Advisory
Peter is an electricity sector professional based in Boston with over fifteen years of experience in the industry. His expertise includes project development, risk assessment and mitigation, market and regulatory analysis, and commercial viability determination. Peter assists clients with the diverse array of project and program design activities including market analysis, project scoping, interconnection, stakeholder engagement, procurement/bid design, and project execution.
Peter previously worked with Anbaric Development Partners, leading development of transmission and energy storage projects in New England, with a particular focus on transmission for offshore wind, interregional and cross-border transmission projects, grid scale energy storage, and microgrid projects. Prior to Anbaric, Peter led the Clean Energy Initiative at the research and advocacy organization Acadia Center, where he was centrally involved in the development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and carbon pricing policy at the state and regional levels.
Peter received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale University and a Master of Environmental Science from Trinity College, Dublin.
Brett A. Snyder
Partner
Blank Rome LLP
Brett Snyder focuses his practice on the regulation of the natural gas, oil, and electric industries and related transactions. He advises clients regarding the certification of new natural gas infrastructure projects, and regularly represents energy industry clients in complex administrative and rate litigation and in agency investigations before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), Department of Energy (“DOE”), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), and in federal courts.
In the natural gas and oil sectors, Brett counsels his clients on the federal regulation of natural gas and oil/liquids transportation and sales, including the structuring of transactions. He advises new pipeline and liquefied natural gas terminal projects and manages all aspects of FERC certification proceedings, including requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”). Brett is co-author of the first editions of The AGA FERC Manual: A Guide for Local Distribution Companies, a comprehensive FERC manual for natural gas distribution companies.
Brett represents electric industry participants in Federal Power Act rate and regulatory matters. He advises clients on issues relating to rate and tariff proceedings, including market-based rate issues, participation in regional transmission organizations, and acquisitions.
Brett represents natural gas, oil, and electric clients in complex administrative and rate litigation before FERC, and in public and non-public investigations, regulatory audits, and self-reporting proceedings before FERC’s Office of Enforcement, the CFTC, and the Federal Trade Commission. He also represents energy and other companies in FCC licensing matters relating to mergers and acquisitions and reorganizations.
Chambers USA noted that Brett has “a deep knowledge of regulatory matters and is skilled at navigating complex issues. He also has strong relationships with the regulators,” according to a client. And Chambers Global shares that clients say “‘His experience with pipeline rate case proceedings is unparalleled, his written
communication is very clear and he’s very responsive.’ ‘Astute, intelligent and experienced.’”
Jeb Stenhouse
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Invenergy
Jeb Stenhouse, Director of Regulatory Affairs at Invenergy, is an economist with two decades of experience regulating power sector emissions with US EPA and collaborating with DOE and FERC to develop clean energy policies across multiple Administrations. He also contributed to clean energy legislation during a fellowship with the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In his current role, he guides Invenergy leadership to create and execute federal policy regarding the company's power generation, transmission, and storage solutions. He maintains strong and effective working relationships with the Staff and Commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Energy while collaborating with a diverse group of stakeholders, including regional transmission operators, peer companies, trade associations, environmental NGOs and academics, to develop consensus positions on federal policy issues that advance clean energy solutions. Jeb earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the College of William & Mary and a master's degree in environmental economics and policy from Duke University.
Jason Stevenson
Senior Acccount Executive
HData
Jason Stevenson is a Senior Account Executive at HData, a regulatory intelligence platform that applies AI to public utility commission dockets, filings, and proceedings across all 50 U.S. states, FERC, and NERC. In that role, he works with utilities, public utility commissions, water companies, energy law firms, and financial institutions to implement HData's analytics and AI capabilities, helping these organizations more efficiently manage and analyze regulatory data. He has led enterprise-wide deployments across state commissions and investor-owned utilities, and regularly conducts webinars and conference presentations on the application of AI to regulatory analysis.
Prior to joining HData, Stevenson served on the staff of the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in the Division of Energy Regulation and Analysis, most recently as a Rate Analyst and previously as an Auditor. He began his career at a technology startup in the supply chain industry and has also worked in corporate finance at Energizer Holdings.
Stevenson holds a bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics, with minors in Biology and Actuarial Science, from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Erin Potter Sullenger
Senior Counsel, Environmental Health and Safety
Williams
Erin Potter Sullenger serves as Senior Counsel and previously held the title of Senior Attorney at Williams since January 2021. Prior professional experience includes roles as Attorney at Crowe & Dunlevy from September 2014 to December 2020, and Law Clerk for the Northern District of Oklahoma - Federal Court from September 2013 to August 2014.
Erin's education includes a Juris Doctor degree specializing in Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law from the University of Tulsa College of Law, along with a Master of Science in Environmental Science and a double Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Science and Environmental Thought and Practice from the University of Virginia.
Erin's legal background encompasses extensive work in environmental and energy law, including positions at the US EPA and the ABA Energy and Environmental Law Section, managing editorial projects and conducting legal research.
Paul Suskie
Executive Vice-President of Regulatory Policy, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
Southwest Power Pool
Paul Suskie is the Executive Vice-President of Regulatory Policy, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP). SPP is a non-profit designated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to serve as the Regional Transmission Organization (RTO) in eleven states. As an RTO, SPP is mandated by the FERC to ensure reliable supplies of power, adequate transmission infrastructure, and competitive wholesale prices of electricity in thirteen states. As a part of these mandates, SPP oversaw wholesale energy and transmission markets with transactions totaling more than $50 billion in 2024 and launched a new Western Energy Imbalance Service Market (WEIS) in 2021. On April 1, 2026, the WEIS Market transitioned to the RTO with SPP becoming the first market operator on both sides of the East-West Interconnections.
Prior to joining SPP, Suskie was appointed by Governor Mike Beebe, to the Arkansas Public Service Commission as Chairman and as member of the Governor’s cabinet. During Suskie’s tenure on the Commission, he served in several leadership roles as a state regulator and was named to Arkansas Business's Top 40 under 40 list of individuals influencing business in Arkansas.
When appointed to the Commission, Suskie was serving in his third elected term as North Little Rock’s City Attorney. North Little Rock has the state’s largest municipally run electric utility provider. While City Attorney, his office received numerous state and national awards for successfully addressing crime ridden neighborhoods through the use of civil nuisance abatement laws.
Before joining the North Little Rock City Attorney’s office, Suskie worked for former United States Senator David Pryor in Pryor’s Washington and Little Rock offices and was law clerk for Arkansas Attorney General Winston Bryant.
Suskie is a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, and the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. He is a retired Colonel who served over 20 years in the U.S. Army’s JAG Corp. During his military career he was appointed a state military judge and is a veteran of both the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2005, Suskie served a tour in Afghanistan and in 2008 he served a tour in Iraq with the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Vanessa Allen Sutherland
Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Phillips 66
Vanessa Allen Sutherland, Executive Vice President, Government Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Fortune 50 Phillips 66, is a former U.S. Senate-confirmed political appointee with almost 30 years of private and public sector experience, focusing on helping publicly traded companies increase their value through culture transformation, strategic discipline, continuous improvement, risk management and talent development. She holds a law degree, Master of Business Administration (IT) and formerly a Certified Information Privacy Professional status. She also manages Ethics and Compliance, Communications and Sustainability for Phillips 66.
She serves on the board of Dominion Energy and has been a director for Eastman Chemical Company and Southern Company Gas.
Prior to Phillips 66, she was the Chief Legal Officer at Norfolk Southern Corporation with responsibility for Audit and Compliance, Law, Government Relations, Corporate Secretary, Claims, Insurance Management, Information Governance and Environmental Remediation. Sutherland joined Norfolk Southern as vice president law in June 2018, subsequently was promoted to senior vice president, chief legal officer in April 2019 and then to senior vice president, government relations and chief legal officer in August 2019.
She served as U.S. Senate-confirmed CEO and chairperson of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board in Washington, D.C. from 2015-2018. She also served as an appointee as chief counsel with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Engaging on issues such as transportation safety of Ebola and crude oil or United Nations meetings about lithium battery safety, she coordinated with agencies, Congress, trade associations, unions, companies, research labs, tribal nations, first responders, standards developing organizations, communities, and media.
Her prior positions include in-house counsel roles at Philip Morris USA and its affiliate, Altria Client Services and an in-house attorney position at long-distance phone company Intermedia, before MCI WorldCom bought subsidiary Digex. At Digex, she rose from counsel, to senior counsel to vice president, deputy general counsel, co-leading one of the successful IPOs in then-nascent webhosting, before parent company WorldCom disclosed the then-largest accounting scandal in history.
Sutherland is the recipient of legal and non-legal awards, including 2025 The Burton Awards’ Leaders in Law, 2025 ACC’s Best Large Corporate Legal Department, Top 25 General Counsel of 2023, 2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Directors, National Diversity Council’s Power 50 List, Corporate Counsel Magazine – “Best Of” Law Departments, three U.S. Secretary of Transportation Awards, Virginia Lawyers Weekly "Leaders in the Law" Award, the University of Richmond “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Award,” Jack and Jill of America – Distinguished Mother of the Year. She loves travel, art, motorcycles, and physics.
Hon. Laura V. Swett
Chairman
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Laura V. Swett was nominated by President Trump on June 2, 2025, and confirmed by the Senate on October 7, 2025, to serve on the Commission for a term expiring on June 30, 2030. President Trump designated her as Chairman of the Commission on October 23, 2025.
Chairman Swett has litigated FERC law for the past 15 years, which has included representation of generating utilities, transmission owners, and natural gas and liquids pipelines, most recently at Vinson & Elkins. Additionally, she previously served at FERC, advising a former Chairman and Commissioner, and as a lead attorney in FERC’s Office of Enforcement.
Chairman Swett holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor, with honors, from Georgetown University Law Center. She resides in Virginia with her family.
Matthew White
Chief Economist
ISO New England Inc.
Matthew White is Chief Economist and Vice President for Market Development & Settlement at ISO New England. His responsibilities include the design, development, and settlements of ISO New England’s multi-billion-dollar suite of auction-based electricity markets.
Prior to joining the ISO, Dr. White held faculty appointments at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. There he received numerous teaching awards for his lectures on how markets work. Dr. White’s public service includes appointments as a senior economist at the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S Federal Trade Commission, and as a member of the Technology Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Dr. White’s work centers on energy markets and electricity market design, including market microstructure, pricing practices, and demand analysis. His studies appear in leading research journals, including the Review of Economic Studies, the RAND Journal of Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. He has served as an evaluator and referee for more than 25 peer-reviewed journals spanning economics, engineering, and political science. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Kenneth W. Yagelski
Director Gas Supply and Gas Control
Southern Gas Company
Kenneth W. Yagelski is the Director of Gas Supply for Southern Company Gas (NYSE: SO). In this role, he is responsible for gas supply and control operations supporting the company’s distribution utilities, which serve 4.4 million natural gas customers across Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, and Virginia. He also leads the company’s business advocacy before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, representing the interests of Southern Company Gas’s local distribution companies.
Ken earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, where he focused on power systems, and pursued graduate studies in business at the University of Illinois Springfield. He brings extensive experience across the natural gas and electric power sectors, having previously held management roles with UGI Energy Services, Washington Gas, and Illinois Power (now Ameren), as well as serving as a consultant to the North American energy industry. His responsibilities have spanned system and resource planning, business development, supply sourcing, asset optimization, engineering, information technology, and regulatory affairs at both the state and federal levels.
Ken has served as an expert witness in regulatory and legal proceedings, presented at government hearings, and taught and spoken widely on energy industry issues. He has also held leadership and committee roles in numerous professional and community organizations, including the American Gas Association (AGA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), the National Petroleum Council (NPC), the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB), the Southern Gas Association (SGA), and the Virginia Oil and Gas Association (VOGA).
Elizabeth A. Zembruski
Partner
John & Hengerer LLP
Elizabeth A. Zembruski is a partner at John & Hengerer LLP in Washington, D.C.
Her practice focuses on regulatory and commercial matters involving the natural gas, crude oil, and liquids industries. Liz’s clients include Canadian and U.S.-based producers and/or marketers of natural gas, crude oil, and liquids. She regularly advises clients regarding a wide range of matters related to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) regulation of interstate natural gas and crude oil pipeline rates and services along with compliance matters.
Liz graduated with honors from Hofstra University in 1997 and received her law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2000.
Liz is current President of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Women’s Energy Network (WEN).